Eco-fashion is about making clothes in a way that:

• does not damage the environment
• protects peoples health and well-being.

Eco-fashion designers choose to make clothes from:

• recycled materials
• reused textiles, for example second-hand clothes
• organic raw materials, such as cotton grown without pesticides (pesticides can harm wildlife and get into the food we eat)
• materials that haven?t been coloured with harmful chemicals and bleaches.

They also make sure that all their clothes are made under Fair Trade conditions. This means that the people who make them are paid a fair price and have good working conditions.

The Danish shop Earth AWear was one of the first eco-fashion shops in Europe . All of the products sold at Earth AWear are made from environmentally-friendly or recycled materials. For example, there are:

• skirts made from pineapple fibres
• fleeces made from organic cotton and recycled plastic bottles
• belts made from bicycle tyres.

More and more companies have now followed Earth AWears example and are producing eco-fashion that is both attractive and kind to the environment.

Other links

www.earthfashions.com

www.greenfibres.com

So, preserve the planet, using eco fashion clothes!